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Social Studies 11
Provincial Exam Review Guide

HISTORY:
1) Status of Women in Canada prior to WWI, during WWI, and WWII, and post war years
2) World War I
o Training at Valcartier
o Profiteering
o War Measures Act
o Life in the Trenches (No Mans Land) and technology (Poison Gas, Machine Guns, Submarines, Airplanes)
o map of Europe in 1914
o role Canada played
o significant battles (Ypres 1915, Somme 1916, Vimy Ridge 1917, Passchendaele 1917, Hundred Days Campaign)
o Billy Bishop, Roy Brown
o Total War
o conscription crisis (Military Voters Act, Military Service Act, Wartime Elections Act)
o Propaganda
o Rationing
o Role of Women-Vote etc.
o Halifax Explosion
o Aboriginal Contributions
o costs of the war
o Paris Peace Conference, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles
o Spanish Influenza
Who was the PM during this era? What policies did he put in place?
3) Roaring 20s
o Winnipeg General Strike (before the roar)-Go back to assignment and look at key terms also demands by workers
o Winnipeg General Strike (collective bargaining, higher wages, and shorter work week)
o What was happening to our industries during this time?
o Autonomy: 1922-Chanak Crisis; 1923-Halibut Treaty; 1926-King-Byng Affair; 1926-Imperial Conference; 1931-Statute of Westminster
o Womens changing role: 1
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female MP; Prohibition; Persons Case
o Intolerance: Aboriginals, Immigrants, Jews, Women, African-Canadians
o Regionalism
3) The Great Depression
o causes of the Great Depression
o economic cycle-Recovery, Prosperity, Recession, Depression- Explain the business cycle from 1924-1936.
o economic terms e.g. laissez faire
o Buying on the margin
o Effects on government (ours and foreign)
o Pogey/dole
o On-To-Ottawa trek
o impact on families, relief, work camps, Dust Bowl (Prairies
o R.B Bennett's response to dealing with the Depression
o Politics of Protest-CCF (Social Welfare-Regina Manifesto), Social Credit ($25), Union Nationale (Padlock Law imposed by Duplessis), Liberals and
Patullo in BC and the Little New Deal
o Equalization Payments
o Distractions from Despair
Who was/were the PMs during this era? What policies did he put in place?
4) World War II
o Isolationism
o Appeasement
o Other Causes of WW TWO
o St. Louis
o major battles (Evacuation at Dunkirk 1940, Battle of Britain 1940, Hong Kong Christmas Day, 1941, Dieppe 1942, Battle of the Atlantic 1940-1944, Ortona
1943, D-Day aka Operation Overlord 1944), the air force, the navy, the home front
o BCATP
o Total War
o Womens Role-Rosie the Riveter
o National Selective Services Act
o What were some of the steps taken by PM King to prevent the debt of WWI?
o Propaganda posters (take a look at some and see what their message was)
o Unions and CCF popular
o Conscription
o internment of Japanese Canadians
o Economic Changes
o Conscripition crisis
o Social and Political Changes- Unemployment Insurance, rights to unions
Who was the PM during this era? What policies did he put in place?
5) Post- War World
o What two ideologies were in conflict during the Cold War? What two countries were opposed to each other?
o Gouzenko Affair
o Canada's role in the Cold War; as a middle power
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o major powers
o NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
o United Nations (General Assembly-Function, Security Council-Permanent Members and function)
o Veto Power
Label the following countries on your Maps:
o Germany , North/South Korea, Suez Canal in Egypt, Cuba, Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, Yugoslavia
Discuss Canadas involvement in the above countries (or lack of)-Only one sentence
o reasons for the end of the Cold War
o Avro Arrow
o St. Lawrence Seaway, Trans-Canada Highway, Trans-Canada Pipeline
o NORAD-DEW, Pinetree, Mid-Canada
o Nuclear Issue-Diefenbaker vs. Pearson
o Urbanization
o Baby Boom
o Trudeuamania
o Newfoundland enters Confederation
o Protecting our Culture: Massey, NFB, CBC, Canada Council of the Arts, CRTC
o Closer Ties with Communist States
o NEP-Western Alienation
o Atlantic Fisheries and other natural resources during the 1970s
o FIRA vs. Investment Canada
o Immigration policy 1950-1990
o Multiculturalism
o NAFTA
o need for social services in Canada-CPP, CAP, Medicare Act
o growth of economy in post-war years
Who was/were the PMs during this era? What policies did he put in place?

6) French and English Relations
o Conscription Crisis of World War One
o Maurice Duplessis (Union Nationale) blamed English minority in Quebec for economic problems during the Depression
o Conscription Crisis of World War Two
o 1965 new flag adopted in order to make Canada less British
o Separatist movement -De Gaulles speech at the 1967 Expo
o Front de libration du Qubec (FLQ)
o Lester Pearson appointed the Bilingualism and Biculturalism Commission
o 1969 Trudeaus government passed Official Languages Act
o 1970 October Crisis
o 1976 Parti Qubcois
o 1977 Passage of Bill 101
o 1980 Quebec referendum on Sovereignty-Association
o 1982 Constitution Act
o Constitutional amendments subsequently rejected: 1990 Meech Lake Accord
o Creation of Bloc Quebecois by Lucien Bouchard (Federal Separatist party) 1992 Charlottetown Accord
o 1995 Quebec Sovereignty Referendum
7) Aboriginals Peoples
o Prejudice during World War One and World War Two, as Aboriginals were discriminated against in the Canadian army
o 1920s: (Not considered persons in eyes of law, cut-off lands, Potlatch ceremony, Aboriginal title
o Indian Act of 1876
o 1960: Right to vote
o 1968 National Indian Brotherhood
o White Paper of 1969.
o Citizens Plus, or the Red Paper, 1970
o Educational Issues and Residential Schools
o Environmental Issues
o Self-Government
o Bill C-31 and Charter of Rights and Freedoms
o specific claims
o comprehensive claims
o Oka confrontation
o Nisgaa self government, 1996
o Delgamuluukw case, 1998
o Nunavut , 1999

GOVERNMENT:
o 1
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question is always on a political ideology
Know key idea behind each and where it falls within the political spectrum; know the following:
Liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, communism (bolded are quite popular)
Also know the type of government we have in Canada-democracy, constitutional monarchy
Sample Questions
o 2
nd
question on political parties-Know where the political party falls within the spectrum and what each party stands for.
o Use the following information to answer question 9
o 3
rd
question is probably on the order that a bill undergoes to become a law-Know 1
st
reading/2
nd
reading/Committee Stage/3
rd

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Reading/Senate/Royal Assent-Along with this know that Cabinet usually proposes bills and anyone outside who proposes a bill is known as a
backbencher their bill is known as a private members bill
o 4
th
will be on one of the following terms: Patronage, cabinet solidarity, free vote, order-in-council, lobbying, acclamation, Party
discipline
o 5
th
question will be on lobby (aka pressure groups)- Know Lobby Group/Special Interest Groups (p. 259-Counterpoints)
o 6
th
question will be on a minority/majority/coalition and other terminology from government
o 7
th
question- Elections- how often do they occur? What is the process? How old do you have to be in order to vote? (dissolution, enumeration,
nomination, campaigning, balloting, and tabulation)
o 8
th
question-Know terms such as constituency/riding and how their geographic area is calculated (Remember that each province gets seats
(which represent ridings/constituencies) in accordance to their population from ch. 10
o 9
th
question-Remember who we elect (MPs/MLAs and Prime Minister) and who becomes appointed by PM (Senator, Supreme Court Judges,
Governor General
o 10
th
Know all of the elements of the Canadian Constitution (Charter of Rights and Freedoms/BNA Act/notwistanding clause) and all the elements
of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Fundamental Freedoms, Democratic Rights, Legal Rights, Equality Rights, Official Languages, Minority
Language Educational Rights
o 11
th
Question has not been asked for a while but it related to levels of government
o 12
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Other Questions (Structure of Canadas Government)

GEOGRAPHY:
1) World Population
o Demography
o Natural Increase
o what is a census? How often are they taken in Canada (major and minus)?
o Census in developing countries
o population pyramids (early expanding, expanding, stable, and contracting
o Dependency Ration
o Canadas Population Issues and effects associated with an aging population and low birth rate
o Demographic transition model All stages-Know BR and DR for each and reasons for changes
o China's One Child Policy and Indias approach to overpopulation
o Carrying Capacity

2) Living Standards
o how do we measure standards of living? HDI
o Debt burden in developing countries-IMF and World Bank
o Structural Adjustment Policies
o How is poverty measured in Canada-70% of
o female literacy in developing countries
o Hardships faced by women and children
o problems in basic health care in developing countries Poor Water Quality, Malaria, HIV/AIDS
o types of aid Canada provides- Multilateral Aid, Bilateral Aid, Tied Aid, CIDA
o infrastructure
o How can we empower local communities
3) Environmental Issues
For the following make sure you know 1. Causes 2. Effects and Solutions
o Species Extintion
o Freshwater depletion
o Acid Rain
o Global Warming
o Desertification
o Landfills
o Deforestation
o Soil erosion
o Ozone layer depletion
o Ecotourism
o Alternatives
o Solution: Remember GET R.E.A.L (R-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
o E-Educate
o A-Alternatives (Renewable resources)
o L-Legislate government to bring changes)